380th Auction

ITALIAN POST IN TUNIS: 1868, 40c. carmine, horizontal pair (a few short perf.), tied by numeral dotted cancel "235" to front of a folded letter to Italy, departure cds "TUNISI POSTE ITALIANE 12 2 68" alongside, reverse arrival cds "GENOVA 10 2 68", very fine and scarce double weight step rate

ITALIAN POST IN TUNIS: 1868, 40c. carmine tied by numeral dotted cancel "235" to front of a folded letter to Italy, departure cds "TUNISI POSTE ITALIANE 22 7 68" alongside, reverse arrival cds "GENOVA 26 7 68", usual horizontal file fold away from the adhesive, very fine

1885/1950 (ca.), French Indochina/French India and some Portuguese India, mint and used balance on album pages/stockcards, also 29 covers/cards/stationeries, slightly mixed condition but mainly fine.

1900/77 (ca), accumulation of over two hundred stamps and dozens of covers, including Algeria, Cote des Somalis, Djibouti, Diego Suarez (Sage type), some Portuguese Cap Verde, French Congo, Madagascar 1912 overprints, Diego Suarez (Sage type), also some modern envelopes from Tunisia, Spanish Sahara, overall condition very fine

1900/2000 (ca.), French Southern Hemisphere, comprehensive used collection, comprising TAAF incl. better early issues, French Oceania, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, also included are apprx. 240 covers/cards incl. a Terre Adelie 22.6.1950 cover.

1864/1970, collection of hundreds of used stamps as well as some covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, starting with some stampless folded entires tied by cds "TUNIS", France Napoleon 40c. orange singles tied by dotted diamond "5107" to two folded entires to Marseilles, red entry cds "TUNIS PAR BONE ALGERIE" and cds "TUNIS 67" alongside, reverse arrival cds "MARSEILLES", French Protectorate issues with better items such as 1893 2fr. violet (Mi 27),  1906 20c. brown scarce vertical strip of three with gutter tete-beche (uncatalogued in Michel, Yvert 34a), 1918 15c. on 5fr. violet/black (Mi 68), over twenty (20) covers and cards including registered and multiple frankings, general condition mostly very fine, an attractive assembly (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/464)

1888/1960, collection of over hundred (100) used stamps, with better items such as 1888 5fr. violet on lilac paper (2), signed Calves or Roumet, mostly very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. P1/65)

1893/1934, collection of over two hundred (200) used stamps and some covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, starting with Forerunners Egypt tied by cds "MASSAWA 1885", First Issue King Umberto I with better items such as 5l. blue/rose (Mi 11, signed Pfenniger), some covers including Mixed Franking Eritrea 50c., 1l. and East Africa 1.50l. all tied by cds "CECAMERE 31 8 38" to front of registered envelope, reverse arival cds "CASTROCARO 4 9 38", some scarce 1903 postage dues with better items such as 5l. and 10l. blue/karmin (Mi P10I, P11I), also a small group of Italian Ethiopia; overall condition fine to very fine, a very interesting assembly (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/252)

1902/81, collection of hundreds of used stamps and some covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, starting with French forerunners 25c. Mouchon tied by cds "TRIPOLI 02" to front of an envelope to Hannover, Italian issues well represented, better items such as 1933 Fair complete set (Mi 177/189), Kingdom of Libya 1951 First Issues study group with 500fr. (Mi 13) and 480fr. (Mi 23) duplicates on and off covers including some usage on parcel cards, later souvenir sheets, postage dues, parcel card stamps, etc., condition varies, overall very fine and impressive assembly (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/955)

ITALIAN POST IN TUNIS: 1865/78, collection of four folded entires, one front and a few fragments, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, including 1863 40c. carmine tied by cds "TUNISI POSTE ITALIANE 65" to front of four folded letters, also 20c. yellow-orange tied by boxed shipmail postmark "PIROSCAFI POSTALE ITALIOANI" applied in transit, single line "Da Tunisi" alongside, condition fine to very fine and interesting specialist group

40c. carmine tied by numeral dotted cancel "235" to front of a folded letter to Italy, departure cds "TUNISI POSTE ITALIANE 22 7 68" alongside, reverse arrival cds "GENOVA 26 7 68", usual horizontal file fold away from the adhesive, very fine

1950/1969, Dutch New Guinea/UNTEA/West Irian, assortment of apprx. 59 covers/cards, comprising commercial mail and philatelic entires, airmail, postage dues, parcel despatch forms, money order, etc., some with inevitable postal wear. In addition few loose stamps.

1877/1973, collection of over two hundred (200) used stamps and four covers and cards, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album pages, starting with First Issue with some duplicates, 1886 King Luis I issue, 1925 War Tax stamps, also 1922 1e. lilac-rose vertical pair tied by cds to front of registered envelope to COSTA RICA, alongside registration label from S. Vicente, stroke out and used instead for Santa Catarina, reverse transit "LISBOA", "NEW YORK" and arrival cds "SAN JOSE COSTA RICA", overall condition is fine to very fine

1884/1950 (ca), group of about seventy (70) stamps, starting with First Issue (Mi 2), some overprinted, postmarks, etc., condition fine to very fine

IMPERIAL FISCALS: 1890s, over 100 Baku Court District fiscal stamps used, many on fragment, expertly described, also a scarce group of Transcaucasia 1923 federation fiscals (11); mostly very fine (some ex Fabergé)

1941/68, collection of over hundred (100) used stamps and a few covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, including an early unfranked envelope, tied on front by four lines blue handstamp "TERRITORIO DE FINI, CERTIFICO: Ques este sobre va sia franqueo, por no existir sellos de correos en este Territorio" (sent unfranked because no postage stamps exist from this territory), scarce forerunner, mostly very fine

1892/1960 (ca), collection of over three hundred (300) used stamps and a few covers, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, starting with 1892 French Sage "Congo Francais" tied by cds "BATA" or "BENTO", Ferdinand Poo 1899/1903 with better items such as 1900 50c. on 20c. lilac-red double overprint (Mi 66 uncatalogued), some Paquebot postmarks, Spanish Guinea 1902/60 including better items such as First Issue 1902 2pta. dark olive and 5pta. salmon-red (Mi 7, 8), some covers including airmails with multiple frankings, overall condition mostly very fine, a nice assembly

1920/60, collection of over seventy (70) used stamps, neatly mounted on album leaves, also three 1930s registered airmail covers from Ouagadougou, mostly very fine

1892/1960, collection of over 200 used stamps mounted on album leaves, starting with Anjouan, following with Grande Comore, Mohéli and Mayotte, mostly early issues, a few multiples and also two covers; overall condition is very fine

1886/1980, collection of over two hundred (200) used stamps, about a dozen of some covers and cards, neatly mounted and mostly written up on album leaves, starting with Congo Kinshasa First Issues, with better items such as 1886 5fr. violet (Mi 5A), 1887 5fr. lilac (Mi 10) and 1891 10fr. orange-brown (Mi 11), following with 1894 pictorials, some duplicates with a range of various postmarks, Congo Belge 1909 fine study group of the Bruxelles and Local overprint types, 1890/1910 selection of twelve postal stationeries or cards tied by cds "MATADI", "BOMA 1890", "KONGOLO", "LEOPOLDVILLE 1904", "LUALI 1908", etc., some signed Pfenninger, condition mostly very fine (ex Mi.-Nr. 1/637)

1844/1894, small collection of 9 covers, including France Mi. 16 in a strip of four on cover from Alexandria and 31 on cover from Cairo, GB Mi. 34 in a pair on cover from Alexandria, etc., all with description in Spanish.

1914/72, collection of hundreds of used stamps, neatly mounted on album leaves, starting with issues from the French Protectorate, with better items such as 1917 2fr. dark brown (Mi 35), 1912 Cherif local stamps, also some covers, mostly fine to very fine